So the eye of this thing will basically be going over my house. We're in a state of emergency, yet...I still have to go to work because I work in a hospital and I'm considered "essential personnel." On the one hand, it's nice because I've never really been essential to anything, but on the other....I'd rather sit in my house all day and drink and watch the storm :(

Sun Oct 28, 2012 9:04 pm

poopsnack

Joined: 15 Jan 2004
Posts: 2852
Location: Mid West

I wish you safety.

Sun Oct 28, 2012 9:07 pm

Jack

Joined: 10 Dec 2007
Posts: 683

yea I gotta commute an hour to work in the morning and I'm in md. shit sucks

Sun Oct 28, 2012 9:40 pm

Sage FrancisSelf Fighteous

Joined: 30 Jun 2002
Posts: 21737

Yyyyyyep. Hunkering down right about now. The past couple of days I've had to listen to people mock the Frankenstorm as if they don't remember how Irene (only a tropical storm) really fucked us up last year. Time to fill my tub with water so I can flush my toilet once the power goes out. Haha. I'm a survivalist yo.

Mon Oct 29, 2012 9:00 am

NeuroA champion of Kurtis SP

Joined: 19 Jul 2002
Posts: 7909

yall lucky up there, yall can hide in vaults n shit, there aint no undergrounds here in florida

Mon Oct 29, 2012 9:34 am

mattrego

Joined: 26 Jun 2003
Posts: 1422
Location: RI-CA-FL

Oh yeah, we definitely will be losing power in RI. I live near the Newport Bridge and walked down there at around 7:30AM and it was already surging up near the piers. Northeast is so ill equipped to handle any of these tropical storms/hurricanes/noreaster or whatever you call this fucking thing. Shitstorm.

Mon Oct 29, 2012 9:48 am

Captiv8

Joined: 25 Aug 2006
Posts: 8546
Location: Third Coast

I think the regional term is Nor'easter. Even if it isn't, use it anyway because it sounds cool. I hope everyone is safe and sound.

Mon Oct 29, 2012 10:35 am

mattrego

Joined: 26 Jun 2003
Posts: 1422
Location: RI-CA-FL

Wind is whipping right now here. Not much rain but the wind is howling. Gonna be brutal on nj, ny, de and dc. Still got power. For now.

I lucked out where I live. No flooding, no power outage.
Seems like a lot of places got whacked though. The pictures of the flooded subways in NYC are sick.

Tue Oct 30, 2012 5:30 am

mattrego

Joined: 26 Jun 2003
Posts: 1422
Location: RI-CA-FL

No power since 2:30 yesterday. Most of coastal RI has power outages. High tide last night at around 7-8pm brought a big storm surge and most of downtown Newport near the wharfs were flooded. The neighborhood 2 blocks south of me was flooded. All the beaches just have big time erosion. Lots of road closures. Got a little bit of a beating where i am at.

Tue Oct 30, 2012 6:14 am

the meanCertified O.G.

Joined: 31 Jul 2003
Posts: 6503
Location: philly/sacto/kauai/ohio

Drove to work in the snow this morning. In October.

Stay safe out there.

Tue Oct 30, 2012 10:35 am

Elorza

Joined: 18 Sep 2002
Posts: 1003
Location: east coast

I'm in central NJ and I've no power, but my parents-5 minutes away-have it. Even this far inland there are huge trees downed. I haven't seen a single working traffic light and most businesses are without power as well. Surprisingly little flooding over here.

My lady friend and her extended fam. live down in south jersey though, no power since about noon yesterday, no water still. She charged her phone at shoprite but service is wonky. Her kids' grandparents live in Seaside (evacuated) and there's no reentry as of yet. Boats and houses are blocking streets, ridiculous flooding. The Shoreline is a wreck, AC boardwalk got decimated. I know so may have said it but it's like nothing I've even come close to witnessing around here. Thankfully very few reported deaths so far, but it's gonna be a while before anything comes even remotely close to "back to normal". I'm not comparing it, but seeing something on this scale gives me a whole new degree of "appreciation" for what happened with Katrina. Goddess bless anyone affected by anything like this.

Tue Oct 30, 2012 12:22 pm

T-Wrexp00ny tang

Joined: 30 Jun 2002
Posts: 6416
Location: Detroit, Michigan

Hope everybody is OK.

I bicycle commuted to work today in 30 mph headwinds and eye-stinging sleet.... and I'm only in Detroit. Can't believe an oceanic storm make it this far inland.

I was just watching news footage from Cleveland's shorelines and it's intense even way over here.

Tue Oct 30, 2012 1:09 pm

Sage FrancisSelf Fighteous

Joined: 30 Jun 2002
Posts: 21737

Is guy trolling or not? I mean...it *is* a Brown University student, so you can't give him too much credit.

Wed Oct 31, 2012 12:51 pm

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